Public Act 096-1095
 
SB0615 EnrolledLRB096 06683 NHT 16767 b



    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended  
by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 595/30 new)
    Sec. 30. Farm-school database. The Department of 
Agriculture shall establish, and make available on its website, 
a geo-coded  electronic database to facilitate the purchase of 
fresh produce and food products by schools. The database shall 
be developed jointly with the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs 
Council and, at a minimum, contain the information necessary 
for (i) schools to identify and contact agricultural producers 
that are interested in supplying schools in the State with 
fresh produce and food products and (ii) agricultural producers 
of fresh produce and food products to identify schools in the 
State that are interested in purchasing those products. The 
Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules necessary to 
implement this Section. The Department of Agriculture shall 
also solicit federal and State funding for the purpose of 
implementing this program. The requirement of the Department to 
establish, and make available on its website, this database 
shall become effective once the Department has secured all of 
the additional federal or State funding necessary to implement 
this program.